Manchester United v Blackburn Preview
Prediction
Manchester United beat Blackburn 2-0 in this corresponding fixture last season with 2 goals from Ronaldo and repeated that score line 2-0 victory at Ewood Park earlier this season.
The current Premier League leaders are on their best form of the season and have won 11 successive games at Old Trafford, making this a daunting task for lowly Blackburn, especially as The Rovers haven’t won away from home in nine games since beating Newcastle 2-1 at St James’ Park.
However, despite defeat in their last match, Blackburn are on improving form in general and as a Lancashire derby, they will be trying their best to prevent Manchester United notching up another victory at their expense.
The reigning champions seem to be building momentum, and with Dimitar Berbatov hitting some kind of goal scoring form (with 5 goals in his last 8 matches), the return of Wayne Rooney and the home crowd behind them; and despite the good form of Benni McCarthy and Jason Roberts with 8 goals in the last 7 games between them (4 each), the Red Devils will go into this encounter as strong favourites for victory.